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Rising australian dollar...

Just realized that i ordered my tablet to early!? The australian dollar is stronger than the us dollar right now, for the first time in 24 years. Its steady with 1 US dollar buying around 98.6 AU cents at time of posting. I could have saved quite a bit ifi had had waited another 2 months.
Basically, what do you guys think the implications of this are and, more importantly, do you think it will last?
Plz post your thoughts.
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Means the U.S. is going down the toilet.. counter-clockwise.

It means nothing except the fact that the us dollar is in a phase of weakness again. Could be good or bad. Whether this will last or not depends on various factors. If I was to risk a prediction I would say the current weakness of the us dollar compared to other currencies (Swiss franc, Australian dollar...) will last for quite a while.

for me it means i shouldnt buy anything from australia , cuz it got expensive

Now you know why it is raining so hard in Australia. USA is trying to fuxx out any country that is rising over.

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avgjoegeek said:
Means the U.S. is going down the toilet.. counter-clockwise.
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User22 said:
Now you know why it is raining so hard in Australia. USA is trying to fuxx out any country that is rising over.
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Car Hire In Australia

Hi all, Im in a bit predicament at the moment. Im travelling from the uk to oz in February for 2 weeks but cannot for the life of me find a car hire company to rent too 20 year olds. I understand most countries are the same but ive had a full uk license for 3 years now. Do any of you here know a way i can hire a car?
Thanks in advance
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You have to remember in Australia you have to drive upside down, so It's a little different.

jaszek said:
You have to remember in Australia you have to drive upside down, so It's a little different.
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And on the wrong side of the road

deliriousDroid said:
And on the wrong side of the road
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I didn't include that since I saw the OP is from the UK

NatTheCat said:
Hi all, Im in a bit predicament at the moment. Im travelling from the uk to oz in February for 2 weeks but cannot for the life of me find a car hire company to rent too 20 year olds. I understand most countries are the same but ive had a full uk license for 3 years now. Do any of you here know a way i can hire a car?
Thanks in advance
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Where are you visiting? Your best bet may be to try the smaller more indie car rental places that cater for backpackers ect such as bayswater car rentals in Sydney or this one http://www.travellers-autobarn.com.au/backpacker-car-rental

Are you flying into Sydney?

jaszek said:
I didn't include that since I saw the OP is from the UK
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Ahh, I skip read the op

Yh it is kinda upside down and on the wrong side. Depends on how you look at it. I spoke to a rental agency in Oz and they said the only way is for a 21 year old to pay and collect the vehicle. So we have some family friends over there that may be willing to do that and have me as a named driver. Hope so as it will kinda ruin the holiday i wanted.
Im flying from Manchester to Dubai, 3 days in Dubai, then to oz for 17 Days..
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Favorite way to travel/longest trip

I'm get on a plane from Milwaukee to Indianapolis in like 5mins.
I love flying and my longest trip was 1000 Miles.
I've traveled my whole life with mom and step dad,and i love it....
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I'm happy for you??
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Babydoll25 said:
I'm happy for you??
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Why thank you lmao
I'm 19 and i miss all the excitement
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All my best memories come back clearly to me

Yeah
I know what you mean
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I hate planes. Being 6'2" might be the reason.
I took a 9 hour trip by train to Niagara Falls, and I enjoyed it. I had internet on it, though very slow, and had A LOT of leg room. ANd it was cheaper than a plane.

Longest trip about 18 hrs, ~7,500 miles. 1 stop and wasn't able to get off plane for that stop. Long day!

I was traveling last week. I was flying home from Malta, so i "had to" fly to Rome, missed my next flight to Oslo, so i had to buy a new ticket, almost lost that flight too. Got to Oslo, had to wait for two hours there and then it was off to Bergen.
Total time = Around 12 hours (it could have taken 4 )
I love flying, and it's fun with free wifi 10000 feet up in the air, but i hate Airports. After this trip, i've added Rome's airport on my blacklist of airports to avoid in the future. It was the worst thing i've ever experienced. Stay away.

Speaking of Airports, the Dublin airport is awesome. It's like a Guinness Wonderland, with bartenders wondering why you are drinking a few pints of guinness at 5 in the morning.

jaszek said:
Speaking of Airports, the Dublin airport is awesome. It's like a Guinness Wonderland, with bartenders wondering why you are drinking a few pints of guinness at 5 in the morning.
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Many a time I've been sat at the bar in an airport at 6am, waiting for it to open so I can start my week-long drink binge that involves a flight, a week somewhere hot and nasty, and then a return flight. It's pretty much drinks ahoy the whole time! I might add that last time I did that we were at the bar till 6:30 when our plane left at about 6:45. How dare the captain interrupt our pints!
I do love flying, but I agree with LM. Airports are a pain. Anyone been to the airport in Bodrum, Turkey? It was nice enough when we landed but it was like the most packed out oven in the world when we had a 3 hour wait for our plane on the way back. I was out of cash too so couldn't simply drink my way through it!

I actually like airports. I like how everything works there. They did loose my baggage at Heathrow though, which ended up going to France and getting to me 1.5 months later, and I was leaving Poland in 2 more weeks.
Also the Dusseldorf airport is nice and clean, a lot of walking though.
And I wanted to drink on the plane, but they had those tiny cans of heineken for $10, of which I only bought two, and on the airport I still don't know how much I paid but I gave the guy $10, and he gave me back €1 lol. On my way back, I somehow paid with USD that I was left with €15 which was enough for some awesome toast and 2 more pints of Guinness. the last pint I just took the glass, and went to chill at my gate waiting for the plane, and everyone was looking weird at me. I think it was 7 in the morning.

jaszek said:
I actually like airports. I like how everything works there. They did loose my baggage at Heathrow though, which ended up going to France and getting to me 1.5 months later, and I was leaving Poland in 2 more weeks.
Also the Dusseldorf airport is nice and clean, a lot of walking though.
And I wanted to drink on the plane, but they had those tiny cans of heineken for $10, of which I only bought two, and on the airport I still don't know how much I paid but I gave the guy $10, and he gave me back €1 lol. On my way back, I somehow paid with USD that I was left with €15 which was enough for some awesome toast and 2 more pints of Guinness. the last pint I just took the glass, and went to chill at my gate waiting for the plane, and everyone was looking weird at me. I think it was 7 in the morning.
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lol yeah, you do get some funny looks knocking a few back when it's not even double figures o'clock.
I like airports when they're fully open, and especially if they're air conditioned when in a hot country. My problem is we always go for cheap "lads" holidays and the flights before about 7pm are always the cheapest. We get to the airport typically about 3am and there's nothing open except a coffee shop that doesn't sell anything other than coffee, tea and yesterday's leftovers. Now that I don't like.
Bummer about your luggage at Heathrow. I've thankfully never had that happen yet. Hope it never does!

Archer said:
lol yeah, you do get some funny looks knocking a few back when it's not even double figures o'clock.
I like airports when they're fully open, and especially if they're air conditioned when in a hot country. My problem is we always go for cheap "lads" holidays and the flights before about 7pm are always the cheapest. We get to the airport typically about 3am and there's nothing open except a coffee shop that doesn't sell anything other than coffee, tea and yesterday's leftovers. Now that I don't like.
Bummer about your luggage at Heathrow. I've thankfully never had that happen yet. Hope it never does!
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Well my stuff was lost because my flight from JFK was late 3 hours because of heavy rain and a fuel spill. lol. I had to wait in a line for 2 hours to book a room in a hotel. They put me in Renaissance, with free food vouchers, so I could eat as much as I want, but stupid me didn't know that the airline would pay for the minibar as well. lol.

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Well my stuff was lost because my flight from JFK was late 3 hours because of heavy rain and a fuel spill. lol. I had to wait in a line for 2 hours to book a room in a hotel. They put me in Renaissance, with free food vouchers, so I could eat as much as I want, but stupid me didn't know that the airline would pay for the minibar as well. lol.
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Probably for the best

I avtually love when I arrive at the airport at 4am and the only sign of life is the security guards and the Guinness Bartenders...which are seemingly closed at 4am..I wonder whyyyyy...jazsek must've done something
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Probably for the best
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Lol, well I did get to the hotel at 21:00 and my flight to Warsaw was at 7:30...and I went to sleep at 1 without drinking. They had some really comfortable beds though. I think it's like a 3 or 4 star hotel. lol
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I avtually love when I arrive at the airport at 4am and the only sign of life is the security guards and the Guinness Bartenders...which are seemingly closed at 4am..I wonder whyyyyy...jazsek must've done something
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I was a little drunk already, and blasting music through my headphones which I'm sure everyone heard.

My longest trip: 22 hrs. Minneapolis, USA to New Delhi, IND
Trip was soooo long but the Abu Dhabi airport was really cool!

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I was traveling last week. I was flying home from Malta, so i "had to" fly to Rome, missed my next flight to Oslo, so i had to buy a new ticket, almost lost that flight too. Got to Oslo, had to wait for two hours there and then it was off to Bergen.
Total time = Around 12 hours (it could have taken 4 )
I love flying, and it's fun with free wifi 10000 feet up in the air, but i hate Airports. After this trip, i've added Rome's airport on my blacklist of airports to avoid in the future. It was the worst thing i've ever experienced. Stay away.
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Lol yeah i hate airports
But the plane is fun to take off
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mine is 18 hours, two rides via bus and cargo(ro-ro) ship...

5,000 mile (round trip) cross country road trip in my SLK230K! Route 66, etc...

Travel/Vacation Thread

I searched and didn't find a thread like this, so i figured i'd start one.
As stated in the title, this thread is for people going on vacation/traveling to places. Post your quires about a city or country here. Need some recommendations of places to visit, post here.
I'll start, since I'm going to New York, Philadelphia New Jersey and Boston next month, I need some recommendations of some places to go. I will be going with my family, so any places that are family friendly will be welcome.
Thanks in advance

Vacation? What's that?
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redneck_666 said:
Vacation? What's that?
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I think it's got something to do with taking time off work and then travelling to places where you don't normally live. Rumour has it people crowd into public transport and onto planes, and then arrive at even more crowded places to spend a week or two crowding into 'tourist attractions' and queuing to see things.
And they pay a lot of money to do this.

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I think it's got something to do with taking time off work and then travelling to places where you don't normally live. Rumour has it people crowd into public transport and onto planes, and then arrive at even more crowded places to spend a week or two crowding into 'tourist attractions' and queuing to see things.
And they pay a lot of money to do this.
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You forgot to mention how most of them go to places that have lots of neon and alcohol, and they spend their time looking for native food establishments that serve the food they eat when they're not vacationing.

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You forgot to mention how most of them go to places that have lots of neon and alcohol, and they spend their time looking for native food establishments that serve the food they eat when they're not vacationing.
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Strange isn't it? When i drank i could usually find a pub/restaurant/shop within a mile or two of where i lived. Never had to jump on a plane to find alcohol. Or food for that matter!
Apparently some people go for the 'sun'. Funny thing is, i've noticed that the sun often comes to me, wherever i am at the time. They'll kick themselves when they find that out!

Also, i hate the sun. Travel Agents should sell 'Rain Breaks'. Perhaps a week or two to the Amazon during monsoon season. Now that i could get on board with!

I want to be in Germany on vacation.
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I usually just go to Joliet & Chicago IL to see my cousins. Besides that, the last vacation I was on was going with my roommate and her friend to Shenandoah Valley for Xmas a few years ago. If you have never been on a snowboard, and you get high just before, you're gonna have a bad time.

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I want to be in Germany on vacation.
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I usually just go to Joliet & Chicago IL to see my cousins. Besides that, the last vacation I was on was going with my roommate and her friend to Shenandoah Valley for Xmas a few years ago. If you have never been on a snowboard, and you get high just before, you're gonna have a bad time.
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Both places I have never been before

I wanna go to Antarctica!
Just kidding. I would love to go Paris. And New York. And LA. And Miami. And...i suppose that's it, for now. And yeah, i never wanna visit Scotland. Heard that some men wore frocks/skirts there.
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Also, i hate the sun. Travel Agents should sell 'Rain Breaks'. Perhaps a week or two to the Amazon during monsoon season. Now that i could get on board with!
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You want rain? Well come on over
It's currently sunny and it's going to stay like that for a week or so, but come on over in december/january and you'll get your rain. Plenty of rain
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LordManhattan said:
You want rain? Well come on over
It's currently sunny and it's going to stay like that for a week or so, but come on over in december/january and you'll get your rain. Plenty of rain
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I didn't realize it was stormy on Kepler-34b.

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I didn't realize it was stormy on Kepler-34b.
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Not stormy. Just acid rain. Piece of cake.
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DirkGently said:
Also, i hate the sun. Travel Agents should sell 'Rain Breaks'. Perhaps a week or two to the Amazon during monsoon season. Now that i could get on board with!
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You should come over here, rains everyday this time of the year
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Hi, where can I rent a vacation. Is it warm?

Yes, Singapore is hot. It's tropical, so hot and wet (for the most part).
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Its funny how you always want to get out of your country and visit some place, but when you're there, you just want to go home

Montoyatok said:
Its funny how you always want to get out of your country and visit some place, but when you're there, you just want to go home
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You can never go home.
/quote.

Go to Hawaii. I went there in 2009 and I didn't want to go back to San Antonio.

What is the last place you visited?

What is the last place you visited?

I was in a concert at my town.

masterRSB said:
What is the last place you visited?
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This thread

Work unfortunately
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School
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University

The river Styx, unfortunately I didn't have to coins to pay Charon the ferryman so I had to come back.

Diagon Alley:

Aside from the dentist this morning?
Essen, Germany. The Weihnachtsmarkt.

never left home since i woke up

The bathroom

exam center
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House Of My Girlfriend

Goreme, Turkey
On my last vacation I went to Goreme, Turkey. It's a pretty awesome place with some of the most unique natural landscapes I've seen. They have balloon rides that let you appreciate the whole landscape from above. I highly recommend it! Photo attached.

Hamburg in Germany.

vetalorlov said:
I was in a concert at my town.
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me too

Paris

Amsterdam

The cafeteria just now.

Hong-Kong